jars

10 definitions • 13 examples

a glass or clay container with a wide opening at the top and sometimes a fitted lid, usually used for storing food:

a jar of coffee/pickled onions

a jam jar

a drink of beer:

We often have a jar or two at the pub after work.

a sudden forceful or unpleasant shake or movement:

With every jar of the carriage, the children shrieked with excitement.

to shake or move someone or something unpleasantly or violently:

The sudden movement jarred his injured ribs.

If a sight, sound, or experience jars, it is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on something or someone:

The harsh colours jarred the eye.

A screech of brakes jarred the silence.

to disagree or seem wrong or unsuitable:

This comment jars with the opinions we have heard expressed elsewhere.

a cylindrical container, usually made of glass, with a wide top opening, and used esp. for storing food, or the amount held by such a container:

a jar of pickles/mayonnaise

He poured half the jar into his cup.

to give a sudden shake to someone or something:

He kind of jars people when he tackles them.

If a noise jars you, it shocks you:

The train’s rumbling jarred them out of their sleep.

to cause action or activity, or to have an effect:

[ T ] He was jarred into political action by events on the national scene.